Primary Recipient

TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Amount

$1,684,480.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The escalating obesity epidemic is now one of the most significant threats to human health in the 21st century. In this project, we will employ a novel approach to the empirical identification of novel candidate genes influencing body mass index (BMI), in

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE	Primary recipient	$1,606,981.00
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, INC., THE	Sub-recipient	$77,499.00